Loom



P. G. GIELEN.

LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s. 1920.

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PeTeT Q .Qiden" .s1 ATTORNE PETER G. (HELEN, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

LOOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.13,1920.

Application fired February 5, 1920. 'Seriai No. 356,580.

To aZZ whomc't may oonoem:

Be it known that 1, PETER G. Gmraa'n, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This inventon consists in an improved form of batten structure for a loom of the t pc set forth in my application for Letters E atent Serial N 0. 319,722 in which the web of warp and finished goods stands in an upright position and the beating up of the filling to the fell of the cloth takes place upwardly. In place of using the same mediumthc beating-up portions of the dents of the reedto efi'ect the beating up and also form a race over which the shuttle travels, as has heretofore been done in looms of this type, in consequence of which the wear and tear which such medium undergoes at the instance of the shuttle cause the reed to produce imperfections in the finished goods, I construct the batten structure with a series of filling-carrier-race-forming dent portions arranged higher than the beating-up dent portions and parallel therewith but clear of the plane of. the finished goods. In the preferred construction there are two such series of filling-carrier-race-forming dent portions, one on each side of the plane of the finished goods, and they together form the filling-carrier race, and they are further so constructed that they keep the shuttle or other filling carrier to a perfect rectilinear course.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 shows the improved batten structure in plan; and

Fig. 2 shows said structure on a larger scale in vertical transverse section, the harness and the upper guide roller for the cloth also appearing in vertical transverse section.

There is a roller a or equivalent guide over which the woven goods A passes to take-up means (not shown), the warp B coming from let-off means below (not shown) subject to the control of harness which is here illustrated as harness frames 5 arranged to slide horizontally in suitable guides c.

The batten structure has a vertical opening 6 through which the sheet of warp and finished goods extends, and it is reciprocated vertically in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the finished goods A from the position shown by full lines to that shown by dotted :lines in Fig. 2; the opening 6 is bisected by said plane. I may form this batten structure of two spaced rails f y and two end members h which connect the rails at their ends and may constitute, as shown, the boxes for the shuttle t.

Included in the batten structure is a horizontal reed which is suitably supported in the two rails in the opening e, its dents k of course extending parallel with the planes of movement of the warp in order to form the sheds and their beating-up portions k being positioned so as to be bisected by the plane of the finished goods.

Also included in the batten structure are two opposite horizontal combs l which are suitably secured to the two rails in opening e above and somewhat spaced from the reed, their dents Z being parallel with the dents of the reed but extending clear of the plane of the finished goods. These dents Z afford the race for the shuttle i. The pair of series of dents Z I preferably form with a groove m at the upper side, as shown, with which the opening at between the two series communicates, such groove serving as a guideway to keep the course of the shuttle rectilinear in its flight from one shuttle box to the other.

By this construction the shuttle travels through the sheds of the warps B properly supported in its flight, and also properly guided, and the beating-up portions of the ents of the reed are saved any wear and tear or injury which the shuttle might cause and which in the weaving of delicate fabrics in particular are likely to result in imperfactions therein when the reed acts to beat up the filling. In the beating-up the slot or o ening 92 receives the cloth A and ermits t e beating-up portions of the reed cuts to come up to the fell of the cloth, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination, with means to support the warp and finished goods in an upright position with the finished goods above the warp, a batten structure movable up and down substantially parallel with the plane of the finished goods and having beating-up dent portions bisected by said plane and a series of filling-carrier-race-forming dent portions arranged substantially parallel with but higher than the beating-up dent portions and clear of said plane.

2. In combination, with means to support the warp and finished goods in an upright position with the finished goods above the warp, a batten structure movable up and down substantially parallel with the plane of the finished goods and having beatingup dent ortions bisected by said plane and a pair 0% series of filling-carrier-race-forming dent portions arranged substantially parallel with but higher than the beatingup dent portions and on opposite sides of and clear of said plane.

3. In combination, with means to support the warp and finished goods in an upright position with the finished goods above the Warp, a batten structure movable up and down substantially parallel with the plane of the finished goods and having beating-up dent portions bisected by said plane and a pair of series of filling-carrier-raoe-forming dent portions arranged substantially parallel with but higher than the beating-up dent portions and on opposite sides of and clear of said plane, said pair having a fillingcarrier guiding groove formed in the upper side thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER G. GIELEN. 

